Reconstructing the biography of children's stone bracers in the Iberian Peninsula

Perforated stone plaques, known as bracers, are found across late prehistoric Europe and many of them have been recovered in Bell Beaker funerary contexts, usually associated with adult individuals. Experimental, technological, and use-wear studies have determined that the bracers were both utilitar...

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Authors: Barroso Bermejo, Rosa, Martínez-Sevilla, Francisco, Rodríguez Barbero, Miguel Ángel, Bueno Ramírez, Primitiva, Rodríguez-Malo, Juan Manuel Rojas, Cambra Moo, Óscar
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Publication Date:2022
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repository:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Language:English
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/715627
https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/eaa.2022.39
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Keyword:Bell Beaker
bracers
children's burials
Iberia
object biography
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
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spelling Reconstructing the biography of children's stone bracers in the Iberian PeninsulaBarroso Bermejo, RosaMartínez-Sevilla, FranciscoRodríguez Barbero, Miguel ÁngelBueno Ramírez, PrimitivaRodríguez-Malo, Juan Manuel RojasCambra Moo, ÓscarBell Beakerbracerschildren's burialsIberiaobject biographyBiología y Biomedicina / BiologíaPerforated stone plaques, known as bracers, are found across late prehistoric Europe and many of them have been recovered in Bell Beaker funerary contexts, usually associated with adult individuals. Experimental, technological, and use-wear studies have determined that the bracers were both utilitarian and symbolic objects. Very few are found in children's graves, but examples are known in the Iberian Peninsula, two of which are presented here. The analyses conducted on the two bracers, including archaeological contextualization, raw material identification, and technological and use-wear studies, allow the authors to reconstruct their respective biographies. Although these pieces were associated with young children, they had long lives before their final deposition in the graves. Use-wear marks on one of the bracers suggest that it was used in archery, despite its small sizeThis study was carried out within the research projects PGC2018-099405-B-I00, funded by the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades in the Spanish Government and SBPLY/19/180801/000031, funded by the Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La ManchaCambridge University PressDepartamento de BiologíaFacultad de Ciencias20222022-10-03research articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10486/715627https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/eaa.2022.39reponame:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAMinstname:Universidad Autónoma de MadridInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/7156272026-06-23T12:46:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Reconstructing the biography of children's stone bracers in the Iberian Peninsula
title Reconstructing the biography of children's stone bracers in the Iberian Peninsula
spellingShingle Reconstructing the biography of children's stone bracers in the Iberian Peninsula
Barroso Bermejo, Rosa
Bell Beaker
bracers
children's burials
Iberia
object biography
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
title_short Reconstructing the biography of children's stone bracers in the Iberian Peninsula
title_full Reconstructing the biography of children's stone bracers in the Iberian Peninsula
title_fullStr Reconstructing the biography of children's stone bracers in the Iberian Peninsula
title_full_unstemmed Reconstructing the biography of children's stone bracers in the Iberian Peninsula
title_sort Reconstructing the biography of children's stone bracers in the Iberian Peninsula
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Barroso Bermejo, Rosa
Martínez-Sevilla, Francisco
Rodríguez Barbero, Miguel Ángel
Bueno Ramírez, Primitiva
Rodríguez-Malo, Juan Manuel Rojas
Cambra Moo, Óscar
author Barroso Bermejo, Rosa
author_facet Barroso Bermejo, Rosa
Martínez-Sevilla, Francisco
Rodríguez Barbero, Miguel Ángel
Bueno Ramírez, Primitiva
Rodríguez-Malo, Juan Manuel Rojas
Cambra Moo, Óscar
author_role author
author2 Martínez-Sevilla, Francisco
Rodríguez Barbero, Miguel Ángel
Bueno Ramírez, Primitiva
Rodríguez-Malo, Juan Manuel Rojas
Cambra Moo, Óscar
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Biología
Facultad de Ciencias
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Bell Beaker
bracers
children's burials
Iberia
object biography
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
topic Bell Beaker
bracers
children's burials
Iberia
object biography
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
description Perforated stone plaques, known as bracers, are found across late prehistoric Europe and many of them have been recovered in Bell Beaker funerary contexts, usually associated with adult individuals. Experimental, technological, and use-wear studies have determined that the bracers were both utilitarian and symbolic objects. Very few are found in children's graves, but examples are known in the Iberian Peninsula, two of which are presented here. The analyses conducted on the two bracers, including archaeological contextualization, raw material identification, and technological and use-wear studies, allow the authors to reconstruct their respective biographies. Although these pieces were associated with young children, they had long lives before their final deposition in the graves. Use-wear marks on one of the bracers suggest that it was used in archery, despite its small size
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